below the prep player video here is jeff barnd, prep player in his own right. with the "late edition". >> you know, you are not only going to hurt us as manufacturer, but people with jobs. >> government and healthy choices. why some don't like the idea of regulating salt intake. >> local businesses are closing. >> concerned about wal-mart. the people most concerned about the plans of the big retailers in north baltimore. >> and the story behind olive oil, the reason why it is so good for your health. >> live in high definition, from

wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jeff barnd. jennifer is off tonight. there is a new push for the fda to mandate how much salt is in your food. but some baltimore businesses want it on the bill of fair. kathleen cairns explains. >> fda's move to remove sodium is designed to reduce the number of deaths due to heart disease. but leaders in the food industry worry about the affect it could have on their products and their sales. at j.o. spice company in arbutis, salt is the main ingredient for most of the recipes. for 65 years, the same recipes have kept the company at the forefront of the crab spice industry. now its management worries about the impact salt reduction mandate could have on its business. >> so when they impose salt regulations and restrictions, you know, you are not only going to hurt us as a manufacturer,

you are hurting people with jobs, potentially from the salt manufacturing industry all the way down. >> fda hopes to impose the new regulation slowly over 10 years. but opponents suggest instead, the fda place warning label os salt just as it does for cigarettes and alcohol. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> now that brings us to the question of the day, should the government regulate how much salt is put in food? 14 percent say yes. 86 percent say no. one viewer writes on facebook. the government needs to realize it cannot control everything. i will admit we kneed do need help in some areas. but leave the food alone. >> but mike writes. salt causes high blood pressure. strokes, heart attacks. i use lemon in place of salt and it has a better taste and a whole lot healthier. >> new report meantime calls school lunches a national from the security threat. why? because it affects the military

because some people are too fat to serve their country. according to mission readiness. 25 percent of americans, 17 to 24 years of age are physically unfit to serve. the group of retired military officers urges the passage of measures, that would significantly change the food available to students. >> first, get the junk food out of the schools. second, increase funding to improve nutritional standards and quality of meals served in the schools. and finally provide more children access, and families, access to affective programs. >> mission he readiness said obesity has become the top medical reason recruit are rejected. >> when it comes to living right. fox 45 news is stepping up and helping you to get start order your path to fitness. be more healthy expo is saturday may 1st at the baltimore convention center. there will be experts in nutrition, physical fitness and mental health. admission is free and this get more information at more healthy expo.com. >> the prospect of wal-mart locating in baltimore's remington community is selling a

chill through local business it is. developers twirp build both a wal-mart and a lowe's on 25th street. current site of anderson automotive. but opponents of the project formed a coalition list to fight the prompt few blocks in hampden, business owners fear it could leave them struggling for their very survival. >> the numbers are not where they are, i am night ting. i am not going in the hole. i refuse to do that. it is not the economy to keep putting everything you got into a business. it is just not going to happen. >> yesterday, baltimore began the zoning process which would allow for the project. but at least one city council member said it is far from a done deal. >> a baltimore city police officer is fired for allegedly pulling out a gun and threatening to use it at a baltimore county nightclub. 21-year-old jamar barnes was a cadet and police say he got in an argument with a waiter at corinthians in windsor mill. when security arrived he pulled out the gun and threatened to

shoot. >> it is a problem with baltimore city police officers going to clubs. with their handguns. trying to act like they are big shots. >> we're not going to tolerate any behavior that undermines the hard work of the police officers or the integrity of the agency. case closed. >> barnes was released on his own recognizance, with charges of three counts of assault and 1 count of disorderly conduct. >> two other officers were suspended. bill marcus suspended because of a hit-and-run in atlantic city in january. person accused of hitting the car said the officer attacked him. marcus has been charged with assault. another officer, was suspended because of a fight with his girlfriend. he has not been charged. >> breaking news to tell you about tonight. police need your help finding a 10-year-old boy. alex stanley ran away from sharp led enhall elementary earlier today. he suffers from adhd and bipolar

disorder. and alex was wearing a school uniform. green shirt and khaki pants and may have on a red hooded jacket. anyone with any information whatsoever is requested to contact the missing persons unit at this number. you see at the bottom of the screen. (443)984-7385. >> meantime, police in florida are searching for a 3-year-old tonight that is from aberdine maryland. nathaniel went missing after his mother was arrested for using counterfeit money. she gave her son to friends that have not been seen since. police are looking for two people, eleanor black and william scott. >> more information now about the man accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl. baltimore county police arrested alexander sims. he used to work at saint urszula as a maintenance worker. and also a volunteer soccer coach and involved involved in the church's scout program.

experts say it is the typical profile of a child molester. to parents they appear as individuals willing to give one-on-one attention to kids. >> why don't we spend a couple of extra minutes working on your swing. how about you hangout. now, is that every case? no. but you have to -- you look for a pattern. >> this encouraging of a relationship with the child. and building a trust. and the parents were sort of being very supportive. >> the child came forward after watching a video played in the baltimore county school system on abuse. see dr. kirsch nessner's uncut interview on foxbaltimore.com under "raw news." >> maryland's highest court rules inmates cannot be forced to undergo medical treatment. one terminally ill jessup inmate is serving 40 years fore rape after being advised of the risk, he still refused dialysis for kidney failure. court rejected state's organizements that not providing care would undermine ethics.

>> scientists can better understand why the mediterranean diet is good for you. research from spain suggests that olive oil is key. they found it represses genes that promotes inflammation that triggers obesity. >> area leaders want oversight to improve safety on the washington d.c. metro system. those leaders include maryland governor o'malley. that said that poor management contributed to recent fatal accidents. one solution is possibly changing the structure of the metro's board of directors. >> and business leaders and landlords want an increase to a surcharge on downtown commercial properties. this to make up for falling property values. the downtown partnership said more than $1 million a year, and that translates into a fee of between 300 and $95,000, for individual businesses. >> thursday kicks off a state cash for appliance program that pays you to purchase a new

energy efficient plains. the program has 5 1/2 million dollars in funding available. rebates available, $50 for certain refrigerators. one hundred dollars for washers and dryers. and $300 for heat pumps. >> weather wise, beautiful day out there today. how does our luck holdout, however? here is vytas reid with a look at the sky watch forecast. all good things must end. >> of course. but, you know, we need the rain t helps things grow. but we had a great day, plenty of sunshine east and changes are coming our way. southwest of us. looking at showers making the way up out of the southwest right now on radar. nothing on the immediately radar across the state. but ace put it in moments you can see the showers are starting to creep in closer. and down over parts of west virginia and virginia. we will see the activity building our way going into tomorrow. so get the umbrellas ready. we will see the low pressure push n bringing us the rain. so temperatures right now 59 in baltimore. and it looks like we will see the temperatures back in the lower 60s tomorrow. but we will see the showers

sticking around for about a day or so. closer look at more rain for the weekend coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> coming up. speed cameras and speed space. how they could track you. >> good and bad news for european travelers tonight as flights begin to take off again. details of another bigger eas long as emerging however. >> details of google's cyber attack being revealed.

>> that volcano responsible for iceland's ash cloud now shows no signs of stopping. and scientists fear tremors from it could trigger a more dangerous eruption at the nearby catla volcano. ten times stronger and shoot higher and larger plumes of ash into the skies. >> great news, however forks airline passengers in europe. airports are getting a limited number of flights off the ground. followed by unexpected news that airports in the uk would be back up and running. mike tobin from heathrow airport with the latest on the volcanic ash disrupting flights for days now. >> getting out while they can. folks all over europe are scrambling to get on planes as officials begin to let more flights take off. but a spokesman for the european airlines said carriers are not

seeing the air space opening up the way they had hoped. >> things are definitely better. and beginning to move. for sure. >> in northern spain, british royal navy war ship came to the rescues of civilians stranded getting ready for the long trip back to england. >> i think people are tired. people that managed to get -- are happy to get on, but still 40 hour journal sonot easy. >> stranded travelers make it back to england with more style. this brand new luxury cruise ship headed to a spanish port to pick up more stranded british travelers. >> gleason is in madrid hoping to make it back to ireland before his bank account runs dry. >> every day it is more and more. >> these tired travelers were some of the first to return home to the states. the stranded passengers arriving at jfk in new york monday night from amsterdam. >> when we were going up people were slapping clapping. because they realized we were the first plane to leave europe.

so i said i am not clapping until we hit new york soil. and that's when i clapped. i was like, yeah. >> euro control, european air traffic agency out of brussels announced it expects 50 to 60 percent of the flights over europe to operate today. and predicts it will improve in the next few days. in a surprise move late, britain civil aviation authority determined the trouble spots no longer hung over the south of england. lifted the flight ban at the major hubs and that quickly planes were landing. troubles are far from over. all eyes on the volume contain know. at heathrow airport. mike tobin. fox news. >> last december, cyber attack on google may have hit the password system. a source close to the investigation, said that the program allows use tores sign in with their password just once to operate a range of services. now the intruders do not appear to have stolen passwords of gmail isolated showers. and the company quickly made

significant changes to security. the concern tonight, intruders finding weakness that is google may not be a waiver. new speed cameras could very well trap motorists from space now. and britain is testing it. using satellites to measure average speed over lank long distances. cameras can read plate numbers, and use gps receivers. >> great day out there weather wise. check back with vytas reid. our chief meteorologist, with a look at the weekend and end of the week, of course. >> and tomorrow. actually. most importantly. it looks like we will see showers moving our way. and we will probably see more rain heading our way for the weekend as well as jeff mentioned. talking about radar. skycam looking down at the inner harbour. no activity except for clouds building n 51 degrees. winds calm. and our humidity level sitting at 65 percent. looks like we have the temperatures at 59 degrees in baltimore. 57 in d.c.. and 56 in hagerstown. still on the cooler side western edge of the mountains at 46.

and folks in salisbury, 56 right now on the eastern shore. bigger picture here shows some of the temperatures across the region. 61 in new york city. bat boston at 58. 52 in pittsburg. cleveland at 52. and down in parts of west virginia, 59 degrees in charleston. so it looks like most areas are seeing the mid to upper 50s. drop into the mid to lower 50s through the overnight and as clouds continue to move through the area. few breaks south of us. dc has mainly clear conditions but that will thicken up as the system brings the rain over the state. probably 1:00, or 2:00 in the morning. few sprinkles coming downtown morning rush hour commute shows wet roads. drive carefully. get yourself extra time. roads can be slick with the moisture on the pavement. looking at high pressure continuing to lose the effect over the area. bit of a warm front south of us over carolinas and we will see low pressure follow that. and the upper level low will kind of go over the state of maryland. the initial low to the south. will continue to move out over

the atlantic, wrapping in moisture. so that chance of rain will be off and on through the morning. into the afternoon. and toward the evening tapers off a bit. but we have a cold front that will kind of slowly drape itself across the region. thursday still givings instabilities roots region slight chance for a sprinkle. 20 percent chance. but dryer air is moving in behind that. out of the great lakes that clears us up for later on thursday. and then friday looking at sunshine. and then the next system pushes in from the west. as we get to late saturday and sunday. clouding up tonight. showers overnight. down to 56. tomorrow 62, with rain building in through the afternoon. and five-day forecast. shows breaks in the clouds later thursday. 68 the high. 67 on friday. kicking off the weekend with plenty of sunshine. and saturday probably start out with sun and clouds. and clouds gather through the afternoon with a chances of showers. and rain on saturday night to sunday. sunday being the day that we will probably get the most rain. jeff? >> the nfl released the 2010

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>> a construction catastrophe caught on tape. get this. a home surveillance camera captured this video of a bladdy taching from a piece of road construction equipment and rolling away. it hit a vacant home. a worker can be seen redisagreeing reattaching the blade. >> so i look at that, oh, my gosh, i put my hands over my mouth. i said, oh, my gosh. >> the city of loraine ohio said the company that did the construction work is investigating. >> dozens of men stepped in to stilettos in charlottesville virginia. taking part in walk a mile in her shoes. an event to promote awareness of sexual assault. money raised from the event benefits the sexual assault resource agency in the city. >> rupert wide haiti a skater since seven. for his 100 birthday all he wanted to do was get back on the ice. even though he was recovering from a fall. he got off to a shaky start. but with the help of former

students, he managed two laps around the rink. with the 1932 canadian jr. champion was not satisfied. >> i am not very proud of that. should have done better. >> his family believes he will be back on the ice for his 101 birthday. patrice harris fox 45 news "late edition". >> as you have seen. nfl scheduled released tonight. ravens on tv a lot. but we will have to wait awhile to see them in baltimore. the ravens kickoff the 2010 season monday night football in the new giant stadium against ryan and the jets. 7:00 start time, first game of a monday night double header. then three divisional games. bengals september 19, browns on the 26th and steelers on october 3. they return home to host the broncos on october 10. on the 17th, ravens go to foxboro for a rematch with the

patriots. and they host buffalo on the 24th. and then bye week on halloween. right in the middle of the season. which is a good place for that. on november 7 miami. and visit the falcons thursday night football on the 11th. on november 21, ravens visit the panthers. host the bucs on the 28th. and then circle your calendars for this one. sunday night, december 5. the ravens host the steelers in prime time. and they follow that up with a second straight prime time appearance on december 13, against the texans on monday night football. on december 19, ravens host the superbowl champion saints and finish up with two divisional games at the browns, on the 26. and wrapping up at home, against the bengals on january 2. >> last night the orioles lost to seattle 8-2 and it cost burgeson his spot in the major leagues. burgeson allowed seven runs in 2 and a third innings last night. and after the game was optioned to norfolk. he has a 0-2 record and fat

12.119 era in three starts this season. albertosa castillo takes his spot on the 25 man roster. >> bad news for the orioles on the injury front outfielder peia will miss, at least, three months because of a torn lap muscle in the upper back. mri taken monday showed he had torn the muscle away from the bone in the back. and will keep the 25-year-old side lined until late july. he was hitting 400 with a solo home run and 8 games this season. injury will not require surgery but needs and rest rehabilitation. >> orioles also said it would be a couple of weeks until we see brian roberts back on the field. battling a back injury since april 9. back to you. >> looks like the c

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>> final look at the seven-day forecast. it looks like tomorrow get out the umbrellas. rain coming down. temperatures right at 62 degrees. and warming up on thursday. 68. maybe a slight chance for a pop-up shower in the neighborhood. but, for the most part, dry out through the afternoon. friday looks decent. 67 degrees. i wish we could shift these two days for these two. saturday return of rain, late afternoon, to evening. 65 for the high. and sunday, rain is sticking around. monday. and still a few chances for showers on tuesday.

there you go, jeff, that's how it looks. >> you know what, friday looks great. personalize your own weather forecast with i-radar available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. just go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> and that will do it for the "late edition". thank you for joining us tonight i am jeff barnd. see you again tomorrow night. take care. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning